Influence of social participation on life satisfaction and depression among Chinese elderly: Social support as a mediator
This study explored the influences of social participation and the mediating effects of social support on the mental health of Chinese elderly based on data from the 2012 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS). The participants comprised 696 older adults in CLASS, including 340 (48.9%) male and 354 (50.9%) female. The mean age of the sample was 68 (standard deviation = 7.08). The results of structural equation modeling showed that social participation was significantly associated with the life satisfaction and depression of the elderly. A high level of social participation was associated with more social support ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chunkai Li, Shan Jiang, Na Li, Qiunv Zhang Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Influence of social participation on life satisfaction and depression among Chinese elderly: Social support as a mediator
Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 345-355, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Discursive context and language as action: A demonstration using critical discourse analysis to examine discussions about human trafficking in Hawai ‘i
Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 293-310, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 345-355, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 293-310, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Discursive context and language as action: A demonstration using critical discourse analysis to examine discussions about human trafficking in Hawai ‘i
Abstract
Community psychology has long valued understanding the contextual issues that maintain social problems. The present study demonstrates the use of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine the discursive context surrounding the issue of human trafficking. CDA was used to understand the ways that local stakeholders in Hawai‘i (N = 13) described the issue of human trafficking. Human trafficking is well suited for this type of analysis because it is a controversial phenomenon, surrounded by highly politicized rhetoric. Results showed that participants tended to use different combinations of discourses related t...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kristen D. Gleason, Charlene K. Baker, Ashley Maynard Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Mental health therapists ’ perceptions of their readiness to address the intersection of intimate partner violence and suicide
Abstract
Our aim is characterize mental health therapists’ self‐efficacy pertaining to working with patients at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) and suicide at a community mental health center (CMHC), where these issues intersect. Consistent with community‐based participatory research, a multidisciplinary team partnered with an urban CMHC in New York to conduct 3 focus groups comprising 23 therapists. We iteratively coded and mapped prevalent themes according to self‐efficacy theory. Therapists described multiple sources of self‐efficacy: successful achievement of tasks such as demonstrating a mastery of ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John L. Wilson, Cassandra Uthman, Jennifer Thompson Stone, Corey Nichols ‐Hadeed, Rachel Kruchten, Sally Rousseau, Catherine Cerulli Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Volunteer motivation: A field study examining why some do more, while others do less
Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 281-292, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Journal of Community Psychology,Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 281-292, April 2018. (Source: Journal of Community Psychology)
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - December 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Socioeconomic status and children's mental health: Understanding the mediating effect of social relations in Mainland China
This study aimed to explore the relationships among socioeconomic status (SES), social relations, and children's mental health. A sample of 19,487 school‐aged children was collected from the 2013–2014 wave of the China Education Panel Survey. Structural equation modeling was conducted with Amos (version 21) to test our theoretical model. Results showed that SES was not significantly related to children's mental health, whereas parent–child relations, peer relations, and teacher–student relations elicited complete mediating effects on the relationship between SES and children's mental health. On the basis of these f...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - November 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shan Jiang, Chunkai Li, Xiaotong Fang Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Introducing the 2017 Newbrough award for best graduate paper: Reflections on “A latent class exploration of adolescent recovery capital”
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Source: Journal of Community Psychology - November 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Raymond P. Lorion, Douglas D. Perkins Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Resilience and adjustment to widowhood in the Israeli Arab Muslim society: A new perspective
Abstract
Research on bereavement and loss is often concentrated on sustaining meaning in life and maintaining emotional well‐being, despite the psychological impact of loss. However, this research rarely examined empirically what determines the resilience of the bereaved. The present study posits that resilience of widows is a dual construct representing the ratio of their strength and vulnerability (SVR). This ratio of protective factors and risk factors, which was validated in studies of resilience to the effects of war, terrorist attacks, or fire disaster, is presently examined by the balance of posttraumatic growth t...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - November 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hend Yasien Esmael, Yohanan Eshel, Simon Shimshon Rubin Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Gender differences in the processes linking public stigma and self ‐disclosure among college students with mental illness
This study investigated predictors of self‐disclosure among college students with mental illness. Participants were 1,393 current college students with a mental illness at 5 universities. Moderated mediation tests were used to analyze the data. Findings of the analysis reveal that public stigma is associated with mental illness disclosure among college students in part because it is associated with an increased perceived stress burden, particularly among men. Implications for future research and program development are discussed, with an emphasis on how public stigma and gender ideologies inform students’ decisions to ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robyn Lewis Brown, Mairead Eastin Moloney, Jordan Brown Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Volunteer motivation: A field study examining why some do more, while others do less
Abstract
In nonprofit organizations, motivating volunteers for particular activities is challenging because they can take place in unstructured environments. Therefore, members are disengaged despite their initial commitment to the cause. An important opportunity in the literature is to examine motivation from the perspective of the volunteer; and, more specifically, to test for the differential impact that self‐efficacy, collective efficacy, and perceived organizational support have on three motivational outcomes: effort, performance, and satisfaction. Our focus is on volunteer motivation to support a specific event or ...
Source: Journal of Community Psychology - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven H. Cady, Michelle Brodke, Joo ‐Hyung Kim, Zachary D. Shoup Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
